Surfers race to catch massive waves across Southland

 

Mike Lucas charged into the surf at Newport Beach's legendary Wedge, 

paddling out to brave waves so big they seemed to fill the sky.

"You quickly realize you could be dead in a second if you don't know what you're doing," 

said Lucas, 26, of Huntington Beach.

From Santa Barbara to San Diego, the pounding surf

 — unleashed by Hurricane Marie circulating off the Baja coast — 

whipped up a quintessential Southern 

California scene: surfers and body-boarders scrambling to the beach 

to ride the monster waves while thousands of spectators arrived

 — where a rock jetty thrust into the ocean amplifies waves' height and force —

 lifeguards and surfers estimated the waves were reaching heights of 25 feet. 

Lucas said he hadn't seen breakers so large in years, 

and it filled him with nervous excitement.

 to bear witness, clogging the roadways and lining the seashore.

At the Wedge 

— where a rock jetty thrust into the ocean amplifies waves' height and force — 

lifeguards and surfers estimated the waves were reaching heights of 25 feet. 

Lucas said he hadn't seen breakers so large in years, 

and it filled him with nervous excitement.

But "once you get out there, you get in ...more

2014 Acer British Interclub Surfing Championships

 

The long wait is over. The Acer Interclubs is around the corner and will be bigger and better than ever!

 For those unfamiliar with this unique event, Surf clubs from throughout the UK 

put forward teams to represent their home breaks in Open, Women & Junior divisions. 

The teams often vary in skill level and seem to be made up 

of the more social specimen of humans. 

This family friendly, weekend of joy and surfing

 focuses around a celebration of the 

UK’s thriving surf club scene with a joust of ...more

WSIA Surf Expo 2014 Auction

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Jamaica: An unlikely surf destination

 

Jamaica is a country mostly known for its music, Rastafarian roots, and Usain Bolt,

 but did you know that there are incredible waves in Jamaica, as well? 

Dylan Graves just recently returned from a trip to Jamaica, where his crew 

consisted of surfers Dane and Tanner Gudauskas, Dylan’s brother, Josie Graves, 

and photographers and videographers from Surfer magazine. 

They all met up with the legendary Billy Mystic and his family for an epic surf trip. 

On this episode of Cote’s Cube, Chris Cote and ...more

Massive summer swells bring out surf legends, gawkers, destruction

 

 NEWPORT BEACH - Nature put on a surf display for the ages Wednesday, and much of Southern California detoured to enjoy the stoke.

It was the kind of day that prompted people to ditch work and school, or stop whatever they were doing, to line the beaches and piers, just to be a part of it. For years, people who care about surf will reminisce about the day … “Remember that hurricane swell in summer of 2014?”

At the same time, Orange County Fire Authority workers hustled to stop flooding and save homes in Seal Beach, where a high tide and rising swell late Tuesday put three feet of seawater on some ...more

Day three at the best surf contest ever run (the Billabong Pro, Tahiti)

  

Well, that was really something. Day three of competition at the Billabong Pro, Tahiti saw round two wrap up and steam into an amazing round three amongst a rapidly growing swell and near-perfect conditions. Highlights? Where to even begin! With seven gents finishing on 18 (and above) combined totals, plus Kelly Slater’s 19.44 total and John John Florence’s 19.93 totals… if you didn’t watch this live, then you really must go get lost in the Heats On Demand for a stretch.

“I just went for it out there today, I’m really stoked it picked up and I’m so happy to get some waves,” said John John after beating fellow Hawaiian Sea Bass with a painfully close to perfect total. “The last few heats I’ve had I haven’t really got too many waves. The ten-point wave I got was crazy, I just hoped for the best and it worked ...more

THE UNDERTOW SURF DOCUMENTARY SET TO ENTER GLOBAL FILM COMPETITION

 

A unique surfing documentary set in Newcastle, England is in the running to win a global documentary film competition run by Talenthouse, Prime & Fire - Factory Media, and the British Film Institute.

Written and Directed by the writer of the multi award-winning surf feature documentary Waveriders, Lauren Davies of North East UK-based film company, Lola Cove Films and Produced by co-founder, Gabe Davies, Veitch will tell the inspiring and ultimately tragic true story of an outsider from Newcastle who dived into the hostile waters of the North Sea in the 1980s and defied the odds to chase a distant dream of becoming a professional surfer.

An online vote will decide their fate, with the top ten finalists going before a panel of esteemed judges. Lauren and Gabe are hoping the surf community will get behind their project in order to help them realise their goal of bringing this incredible human story of passion and determination to the screen. The teaser also ...more